Psychotherapy

Psychotherapy is a specialist talking treatment which helps people to explore their lives in order to understand and work through emotional and psychological problems.  It challenges habitual defences and ways of thinking and is therefore a demanding rather than only supportive treatment.
Types of therapy provided:-
-Individual Brief and Medium term Psychotherapy
-Group Therapy – usually 8-10 members
-Art Psychotherapy
-Cognitive-analytic Therapy (very limited)

Location / Contact Details

Psychotherapy Dept, Shaw’s Corner, Blackborough Road, Reigate, Surrey RH2 7DG
Tel: 01737 277706

Day, time of clinics

9am – 5pm
Monday to Friday

Appointments for individual consultations and group treatments may be available outside of these times.

Length of Therapy

Individual Psychotherapy consists of weekly sessions that are for 50 minutes.  Most commonly the course of psychotherapy will be for a fixed period.

Group Psychotherapy consists of weekly sessions lasting 1 ½ hours.  It is a long-term therapy with the average being 2-3 years or longer.

Referrals

Referrals to the service are accepted from the full range of NHS, Social Work and related professionals.  These include Psychiatry, Community Mental Health Teams, Social Services and Primary Care.

Usually people will have had some brief intervention, either in primary care or CMHTs, before being referred to more specialist psychotherapy.

Staffing

Dr Alex Esterhuyzen –  Medical Consultant Psychotherapist
Linda Pollard - Adminstrator
Kay Senior – Adult Psychotherapist / Art Therapist
Rob Eyres – Senior Adult Psychotherapist
Roger Wilks – Art / Group Psychotherapist

WTE Clinicians – 2.70

Back to the top of the page

Home - Services - Service Areas